Looking Back

The atmosphere was electric, the student sections were great, and the house was full, only a Redhound win could have made it more enjoyable. But that was not to be. Experience separated the two teams as South Laurel won a very hard fought spirited battle.
Jordan Hammonds was superb as he dropped three pointer after three pointer tallying 23 first half points. In the second half the Hounds tightened down on Hammonds and Ty Proffitt and Trey Smith picked up the slack, as the Cardinals would not be denied on this night.
Josh Crawford played perhaps the best game of his career to this point, scoring 28 points. Josh played his heart out as he fought to hold the Hounds in the game. I saw no one on the Redhound squad that did not give his best effort, they never gave up and played hard to the end.
I realize we would have all relished a win over South on that evening, but remember this is part of a marathon not the end of the race to a successful season. Trust me, our Redhounds are sound and will have an excellent season.
I picked up the program at the game, and gracing the cover was a picture of the 1936 Corbin Redhounds’ state championship team. I may have overlooked it, but I saw no identification of each of the players pictured. I recognize several of the players. Marion Cluggish is the tall young man seated in the center of the team. Marion went on from the state championship to star at the University of Kentucky and became the first Kentucky Wildcat to play in the NBA.
Mr. Cluggish played for the New York Knicks, coincidently he was one of three Redhounds that played for the Knicks. Jerry Bird and Frank Selvy also played for the Knicks two decades after Cluggish.
A couple of other players I recognized on that ’36 championship squad were Bill Asher, Alfred Keck, Carl Babb and Stan Cluggish.
Okay, so my first few mystery rosters have been easily identified, jump on this one. The coach was Albert Gregory and his assistant was William Etter. The cheerleaders were Jeannette Harper, Janet Brown, Martha Herrell and Freddie Jones. The colors were Black and Gold. The roster is as follows: Conley Gilbert, Holbert Gregory, Will Ross, Wilbur Smith, Ralph Tinsley, Andrew Martin, Bobby Peavly, Benjamin Mays, Milo Adams, Ray Tinsley and Harold Peavly and they are the Tigers.
A local Corbin buddy of mine has distinguished himself in a couple of areas. Chuck Head, besides being an occasional golf buddy of mine, has found time to become one of the states better football officials as he was named to call the Class AAAA state championship game between Louisville Trinity and Covington Ryle, played at Papa John’s Stadium in Louisville earlier this month.
Head, who is the President of the 13th Region football association and has served in that capacity for four years was chosen for a third time to officiate the 4A championship finals. He has been calling high school games for 34 years.
Chuck, who is married and with his wife, Sharon, has a daughter Courtney, also finds time to play table tennis and court tennis at a very competitive level. Chuck and his partner, Curt Hart, are traveling to Baton Rouge, La, to participate in a 50 and over round robin tennis tournament.
Head and Hart won the honor of the trip to Baton Rouge by wining the Kentucky State Championship. Good luck to Chuck and Curt.
I went early to the South Laurel game to see the JV games, and watch some of the younger players and was really impressed with Lee Crawford. Lee plays with a lot of grit and has a beautiful shooting touch. This kid is really going to help the Redhounds in the future, and maybe sooner than later.